Improvement in engines for separating fiber from husks of cotton-seed



V EMERSON GIBsON, of Earlstown,

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THOMAS nosa` AND ROBERT EMERSON GIBSO LAND.

LettersvPaftnt No. 105,728, dated July 26, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT'IN ENG-INES IFOYR SEPARAIING'IIBER FROM HUSKS OFCOTTON-SEED.

The Schedule referred to in these Lettera Patent and making part o! the same To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known thatwe, THonAs ROSE and ROBERT `in the county of Lancaster, in that part 0f Her Britannie Majestys dominions called England, have invented a certainl Improved Engine for Facilitating the Separation of ,the Fiber from the Husks of Coated Cotton-Seed; and

we do hereby declare that the following `is a full and exact v description thereof, reference being had to the knives b and discharge-way c.

accompanying drawing, and to the figures and letters marked thereon; that is to sayi lhis'invention relates to an engine for facilitating .the separation'of the fiber from the `husks of coated cotton-seed, under a method or process invented hy us, and fOr which we apply for Letters Patent sin1ultaneously with this, and consists essentially of certain Vi'mprov'fements upon or additions 4to afpaper-makers washingeeugine, of such a nature that (A) thespeed of the current of watertherein is greatly accelerated, and (B) provision is made for collecting and withdraw ing the husks by themselves. v

Figure l isaI view looking down ou theengine; (Iigure 2, a longitudinal section at the line 'A B; an l Figure`3, a longitudinal section at the line O D. Like letters'are marked ou the same parts in all the views.

a denotes the containing-vessel, with stationary d, midfeather.

l, e, beater-roll, with diiving-pnlley f. 1

g, beater-roll cover.

All the foregoing parts lare constructed substantially in theordinary manner.

h, curved intercepting-platc, secured to g.

t', directing-plate, secured to g at the sides, and fixed at a short distance from 71, for the purpose of forming a way or passage.'

j, ohamber'or receptacle for receiving the hnsks.

7i, DeIfOl'lted Cover, Athrough which the hnsks pass when the liber isthoroughly removed from them.

l, discharge-way for husks.

In practice, we charge the containing-vessel with water to within three or four inches from the top, and,

having arranged the roll to run at about two hundred revolutions a. minute, give motion thereto.

During the rotation of the roll, a. large quantity of water is raised by it, and, as engines of this kind have been used hitherto, such water has been carried fromthe tail end to the feed end, and,eonsequently, the water and material therein have circulated at a slow speed. The curved plate h, in our arrangement, intercepts the water, and returns it, between the directing-plate c' and cover g, to the tail end, and hence largely increases the flow.

1n anfengine ofthe size shown, with a charge of two hundred and twenty-four pounds ot' husk and fiber' material, the roll running about two hundred revolutions per minute, the whole charge of water and main combination with the two drains or ways c and l, i arranged as represented for the purposes herein set forth.

2. The perforated cover or sieve k, arranged as specified.

3. The intercepting-plate-h, or its equivalent, in combination wit-l1 the directing-plate 1', or its equivalent, and with the heater-roll e and ooverg of a ragengine, adapted to serve as means for increasingthe flow of water, and thereby facilitating the separation of the fiber from the husks of coated cottonfseed.

4. The perforated cover 7c, chamber j, and way l, for admitting, containing, and discharging the separated husks, in cornbin. tion with the plates h and i.

Iny testimony whereof we have hereunto setour names in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS ROSE. ROBERT EMERSON GIBSON.

Witnesses:

J. T. KING, P. A. Moss.

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